መዝሙር ፹፬

1. Verse 1.፩

   ፍጻሜ ፡ ዘደቂቀ ፡ ቆሬ ፡ መዝሙር ፡ ጸሎት ፡ ዘዳዊት ።

   To the end, for the sons of Korah, a psalm, a prayer of David.

2. Verse 2.፪

   ተሣሀልከ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ምድረከ ፤ ወሜጥከ ፡ ፄዋሁ ፡ ለያዕቆብ ።

   You have been gracious, O Yahweh, to your land; and you have turned back the captivity of Jacob.

3. Verse 3.፫

   ወኀደገ ፡ ኃጢአቶሙ ፡ ለሕዝብከ ፤ ወከደንከ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ አበሳሆሙ ።

   And you have forgiven the iniquity of your people; you have covered all their sins.

4. Verse 4.፬

   ወኀደገ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ መዐትከ ። ወሜጥከ ፡ መቅሠፍተ ፡ መዐተከ ።

   And you have put away all your wrath; you have turned back the chastisement of your wrath.

5. Verse 5.፭

   ሚጠነ ፡ አምላክነ ፡ ወመድኀኒነ ፤ ወሚጥ ፡ መዐተከ ፡ እምኔነ ።

   Turn us again, O God our Savior, and turn your anger away from us.

6. Verse 6.፮

   ወለዓለምሰ ፡ ኢትትመዐዐነ ። ወኢታኑኅ ፡ መዐተከ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ትውልደ ፡ ትውልድ ።

   And will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your wrath from generation to generation?

7. Verse 7.፯

   አንተ ፡ አምላክነ ፡ ተመየጠነ ፡ ወኣሕይወነ ፤ ወሕዝብከኒ ፡ ይትፌሥሑ ፡ ብከ ።

   You, O our God, turn us again and revive us, and your people shall rejoice in you.

8. Verse 8.፰

   አርእየነ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ ሣህለከ ፤ ወሀበነ ፡ አምላክነ ፡ አድኅኖተከ ።

   Show us your mercy, O Yahweh, and grant us your salvation, O our God.

9. Verse 9.፱

   ኣፀምእ ፡ ዘይነበኒ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ አምላኪየ ፤ እስመ ፡ ይነብብ ፡ ሰላመ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ሕዝቡ ፡ ላዕለ ፡ ጻድቃኑ ፡ ወላዕለ ፡ እለ ፡ ይመይጡ ፡ ልቦሙ ፡ ኀቤሁ ።

   I will hear what Yahweh my God speaks within me; for he speaks peace to his people, to his righteous ones, and to those who turn their heart to him.

10. Verse 10.፲

    ወባሕቱ ፡ ቅሩብ ፡ አድኅኖቱ ፡ ለእለ ፡ ይፈርህዎ ፤ ከመ ፡ ይኅድር ፡ ስብሐቲሁ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድርነ ።

    Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.

11. Verse 11.፲፩

    ሣህል ፡ ወርትዕ ፡ ተራከባ ፤ ጽድቅ ፡ ወሰላም ፡ ተሳዐማ ።

    Mercy and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

12. Verse 12.፲፪

    ርትዕሰ ፡ እምድር ፡ ሠረጸት ፤ ወጽድቅኒ ፡ እምሰማይ ፡ ሐወጸ ።

    Truth has sprung up out of the earth, and righteousness has looked down from heaven.

13. Verse 13.፲፫

    ወእግዚአብሔርኒ ፡ ይሁብ ፡ ምሕረቶ ፤ ወምድርኒ ፡ ትሁብ ፡ ፍሬሃ ።

    And Yahweh will give his mercy, and our land will yield its fruit.

14. Verse 14.፲፬

    ጽድቅ ፡ የሐውር ፡ ቅድሜሁ ፤ ወየኀድግ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ፍኖት ፡ አሰሮ ።

    Righteousness shall go before him, and shall set his footsteps upon the way.

Geʽez transcribed from the manuscripts; the English is a literal back-translation — a reading aid, not a replacement for the Geʽez. Free to read, copy, and share.